Stall-frame construction.



Hf]. FERRIS STALL FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, l9l5.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

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H. J. FE RRIS.

STALL FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATXON FILED JULY13, i915.

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Patente Feb. 12

HOWARD J'. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STALL-FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD J. FERRIS, a citizen of the United btates, residing at. Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stall-Frame Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stall-frame construction, and, more particularly, to a manner of constructing the arms by which the stall fronts are secured. More immediately, it is the object of the invention to provide a construction of arm adapted for attaching the front frame member of the stall to the stall partitions and to pillars and other supports.

In the construction of modern dairy barns, it is customary to make use of cattle stalls and stanchions constructed almost entirely of steel framing and usually arranged in groups or rows ofstalls placed side by side and tied together by suitable securing and supporting means. \Vhere stalls are installed in this manner, it becomes desirable to provide means by which the spacing of the stalls, 2'. 6., the width from one stall partition to the adjacent stall partition may be varied in order to utilize to the best advantage the space available for the row of stalls in the barn. Thus, the width between adjacent supporting pillars of a barn structure might be either slightly less or slightly greater than a multiple of the normal width of a stall, and it will therefore be desirable to alter the normal or stock width of astall in order to evenly divide the space between the pillars. It is the specific object of my invention to provide a stall-frame construction, and more particularly a construction of supporting arm for the stall fronts by which this alteration in the width or spacing of the stalls may be effected with the greatest facility.

My invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of one specific, embodiment of the same, in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of adjacent stalls connected in the manner contemplated by my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the form of stallsupporting arm shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 15 an Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application filed July 19, 1915. Serial No. 40,620.

enlarged elevation of the pair of supporting arms which connect the two stalls shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is'a longitudinal section on the line 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the four elements which make up the supporting arm shown in the preceding figure; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a form of securing means adapted to replace the pipe clamp of the preceding figures, and to adapt the supporting arm for attachment to a pillar when used on an end stall.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates an arched stall front which will commonly have its legs secured to the curb 11 of the barn and will carry a stanchion 12 swung from its top member. The stall front 10 will commonly be constructed of tubular steel. In the drawings, I have shown two adjacent stalls 10 and 10 which are separated by a partition member consisting of a tubular bar 13 mounted between the stall fronts and extending backwardly the length of the stall and secured to the floor at its rear end in any suitable manner. The manner of securing the rear end of the partition bar 13 is well understood in the art and forms no part of my invention, and I have therefore omitted the illustration of the rear end of the bar in the drawings. The stall fronts 10, 10 are secured to one another and supported in a vertical position by horizontal arms 14, 14 which are connected in alinement with one another to the front end of the partition bar 13.

It will be understood that the stall fronts 10 and 10 are commonly manufactured as a stock commodity in certain predetermined sizes, and as pointed out, it becomes advantageous under certain conditions of installation to alter the distance between or the width of the stalls. This may be effected by varying the lengths of-the horizontal arms 14, 1& and it is with the construction of these arms that my invention is particularly concerned.

Referring to Figs. 2 to 7 of the drawings, in which I have shown in detail the construction of my supporting arms, it will be seen that each arm consists of a stall-engaging end designated generally by 15, a partitionengaging end designated by 16 and an intermediate portion or' spacer 18 lying between the ends. The stall-engaging end 15 is made up of conjugate pipe clamps 19, 20, each pro-- vided with ears. through which securing bolts 21 may pass to clamp the parts about the tubular frame-member of the. stall. clamp section 20 is provided with a cylindrical boss122 which isreduced on itsouter end to form a shoulder 23. The end 16 of the arm is formed as a single semi-cylim' drical pipe. clamp (see Fig, 6) and carries also a boss designated24 on the outer face of'which' is formed a spider 25. The spacer member 18 of'the arm 14: telescopes ov'er the reduced ends of the boss 22 and over the peripheral surfaces of'the spider arms 25' and seats againstthe shoulder 23 and the outer face ofthe boss 24. The. parts. are

locked'in the assembled position described and of thejarms 14, ll will be reversed,

as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so that the two semi-circular ends 16 will completely embrace the tubular partition member, 13. The two stall arms are secured to one another and to the partition by a.

through-bolt 31 for which apertures 32 are provided in the clamping ends 16. and in the partition member.

In place of the semi-circular pipe clamp member16 which is used on the arms 14, 14 when they form a connection between two. adjacent stalls, and the partition bar, I. may form the outer end member of the armsas a. flattened head,. as shown inItig;

. 7'1 and designated by 32. T hishea-d may be provided with bolt-holes 33 by which it may be secured to. a supporting pillar. of the barn structure by. means of an angle-plate 31 as shown in Fig. 1. In order to provide a space for the end of the tie-rod 26 in case the latter should project beyond-the boss 24 in the form of the arm-end shown in Fig. 7, I provide the plate 32 with a central recessed'portion 35.

Fromthe foregoing description it. will be understood that the arms whichsupport and space the stall fronts each consistessentially of four.members,'z'. 6., a stall-engagingv end, a support-engaging end, a spacer for; separating the endsanda. tie-member for securing the ends against the spacer. By my construction of these parts, the length of the supporting arm may be readily altered by merely altering the lengths of the spacer The.

The headed end and tie-rod. The former element may be madeof standard tubing which is readily procurable and is manufactured and sold as a stock commodity. Thetie rod' or tension member which holds the ends of the arm-against: the spacer is likewise a standard or stock article of commerce, being nothing; more or less than a common carriage bolt. In order to vary the lengths of' thesupporting arms of the stall construction, it is therefore necessary only to make. use of spacing tubes 18. and tie-rods or" bolts'26 of the desired length. These parts are bothreadilyiprocurableand may be cut: to the exact: length. desired by any person of ordinary skill at the time the stalls are put in place in the barn structure. In manufacturing the parts of stall construction for sale, the spacers l8 and tie-rods or bolts 26 maybe made of the-maximum length I which will be-required, and-these parts may. then be. cut down tothe exact length de- I sired in any particular installation at the time they are to, be put in use,"with the minimum amount of trouble. I

\Vhile I have shown and described in considerable detail'one specific embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that this is illustrative only and that I do not regard my invention as limited to the'de tails of construction as shown and described, except in'so far as I have included such limitations in the terms of the following claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent" in my invention as broadly as is permissible in view of the prior'art.

What I claim as-new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is I 1. In combination with a stallifront and a supportitherefor, a supporting arm be tween said front and'support comprising a stallengaging end, a support engaging end; and an. intervening spacing member securing means for said ends, anda single means carried by said ends for detachably engaging and holding. said intervening spacing member in place whereby the position of the stall front with reference to its support may be adjusted by'varying the length of said spacer member. I 2. In combination with a stall front'and asupport therefor, a supporting arm, between'said front andsupport comprising stall engaging end, a support engaging end; means for securingsaidends in place, said ends having opposed cylindrical bosses, a tubular spacer member interposed between said end's'andtelescoping over said'opposed bosses and a single tie rod extending from one end to the other through the boreof said tubular spacer member. 1 r

3. In combinationwith a pair of adjacent stall fronts and a partition barlying be.- twcenand spaced from said stall fronts. a pair of alining arms extending between the stall fronts and secured to said partition member and a single means for securing the bag, eacbh arm comprisircllg a stallfengaging two ends and spacer member in place. en a ar en agmg en means or secura ing said endsfan intervening spacer meln- HOVARD FERRIS 5 her extending between the ends whereby the In presence ofdistance between said stall fronts may be ad- CHAS. A. Mlxo'r, justed by varying the length of said spacer T. L. AGNEW.

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